Sterculia guttata

Botanical name– Sterculia guttata

Common Name – Kuker, Hirik, Gol danda

Habit

• Moist deciduous tree
• Large
• Moderate growth

Ecology

• Attract lots of bees
• Birds feed on seeds

Uses

• Seeds are edible, eaten roasted
• Tree is reported as a famine food, seeds eaten by tribes, at time of scarcity
• Juice obtained from bark is ingredient for medicine to cure fever and diarrhoea
• Bark used for making coarse clothing and rope                                                                           
• Extracts from seeds is effective mosquito larvicide

Propagation

• Seeds